Opinion: Maebe A. Girl makes a run for Schiff’s House seat
When I first ran for Congress in 2019, I did so because I was dissatisfied with my current representation — not because I saw a political opportunity to grab an open seat.
To be anti-Trump does not necessarily imply one is a progressive or leftist. If there is any district in the United States to elect a real progressive who rejects corporate influence money and puts people first, it’s CA-30. I am the best candidate to replace Adam Schiff because I know and understand the needs of the everyday people who live and work here. I’m entering my third term as an elected official for the city of Los Angeles, serving on the Silver Lake Neighborhood Council since 2019 as an at-large representative and treasurer. If elected to Congress, I plan to lead with a bottom-up approach from neighborhood to nation with intent to make a substantive impact on my neighbors in the district.
Many believed our small, grassroots campaign would never come close to unseating Adam Schiff with his $15 million war chest and 22-year incumbency, but we came close in 2022, finishing second out of nine candidates with over 60,000 votes in the general election, despite being outspent over 500-to-1. Spending less than 50¢ per vote is unheard of in a federal election, but it speaks to how voters in this district are more concerned with a candidate’s values than how much money they raise.
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